UN Congratulates Mahmoud Abbas on Agreement among Palestinians

According to a press release, the two leaders spoke on the phone, an exchange in which the diplomat was encouraged by recent progress in efforts to allow the Palestinian government to exercise its responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas-administered territory blocked by Israel .

Guterres referred to the need to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, particularly the lack of electricity and its impact on health and hygene.

It also acknowledged the mediation of Egypt and reiterated the provision of the UN to support the work of the Palestinian authorities in the Strip inhabited by 1,800,000 people.

Officials of the organization often point out in their reports or interventions in forums the problem of differences among Palestinians as a barrier to change the situation of that Arab nation, although they often make clear that the main obstacle for peace and the solution of the two States is the Israeli occupation and the expansion of its colonizing settlements.

After three days of dialogue in Cairo, Fatah and Hamas agreed to empower the government of national unity to carry out its functions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank by December 1st, 2017.

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UN Congratulates Mahmoud Abbas on Agreement among Palestinians

According to a press release, the two leaders spoke on the phone, an exchange in which the diplomat was encouraged by recent progress in efforts to allow the Palestinian government to exercise its responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas-administered territory blocked by Israel .

Guterres referred to the need to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, particularly the lack of electricity and its impact on health and hygene.

It also acknowledged the mediation of Egypt and reiterated the provision of the UN to support the work of the Palestinian authorities in the Strip inhabited by 1,800,000 people.

Officials of the organization often point out in their reports or interventions in forums the problem of differences among Palestinians as a barrier to change the situation of that Arab nation, although they often make clear that the main obstacle for peace and the solution of the two States is the Israeli occupation and the expansion of its colonizing settlements.

After three days of dialogue in Cairo, Fatah and Hamas agreed to empower the government of national unity to carry out its functions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank by December 1st, 2017.